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deficits continue far into the future. the president also offered no real entitlement reform and no plan to grow america's stagnant economy. president obama is truly budgeting from behind. what's interesting about this budget, though, is it's not just how late it was. it's that it -- it isn't just what he says about what that says about the lack of leadership from the white house. what's also very interesting is what this budget says about the coming train wreck of the president's own health care law. the train wreck succombing not just because the -- the train wreck is coming not just because the health care law is unaffordable for families, it is unaffordable for taxpayers of this country. it fails to slow down washington spending, but it is also dishonest about how much of a budget buster his health care law will be. in fact, the administration has used a lot of smoke and mirrors to try to hide the true cost of the health care law. here's how the associated press put it. they ran an article titled "tracking obama's heal
deficits continue far into the future. the president also offered no real entitlement reform and no plan to grow america's stagnant economy. president obama is truly budgeting from behind. what's interesting about this budget, though, is it's not just how late it was. it's that it -- it isn't just what he says about what that says about the lack of leadership from the white house. what's also very interesting is what this budget says about the coming train wreck of the president's own health...
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we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the federal government in this administration -- we had it in the bush administration, the last bush administration as well -- something i call executive branch swiss cheese. we've too many positions, senior positions in this administration. we had a uminfor number of theme last position. in some cases the administration has not vetted, nominated, and submitted names us to. in some conveyings we're not moving them very quickly thuns they have. there is a shared responsibility here. the administration -- in this case we haven't had a confirmed directo
we are wrestling with this larges budget deficit. we know that there are management challenges and when you say o.m.b., it is office of management and budget. who is confirmed in this position is expected to ride herd, to oversee a group of team, a good team, that will focus on budget, thousand continue to rein in our budget deficit and bring it back to a more sustainable fiscal position for us and what is do we need to do on the management side to help hastening that day? we have across the...
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but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the worst of the seq cuts are creating an emergency situation, we should consider using thighs funds to offset their impact. these really are emergencies and we should do it. i am not proposing we use them to offset the entire sequester but congress has the power to avert the most painful sequester cuts using these mexico. 28 republicans in the senate and 174 republicans in the house would impose these sequester haphazard cuts. if those same republicans work with democrats, we could act to protect families and businesses and ensure our national defense and save millions of americans hours waiting at the ai
but congress has the power to rreverse these self-inflicted wounds without adding one penny to the deficit. we've provided money, the money is there, we haven't spent it, we don't need to. we can use the savings from wrapping up two wars to avoid the full brunt of the sequester's arbitrary cuts. the congressional budget office said that would score; that money is available, it is money we could use. funding for the operation in ir a afgan has in alled overseas contin yeype account. since the...
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how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes retailers not within their own state. >> who are some of the supporters? why did some say it will level the -- playing field for retailers? >> the big which include retail industry. it's the big restalers -- retailers, walmart, amazon.com, which is an online retailer. they said brick and mortar are at the disadvantage. they have to charge the sales tax with the online retailers don't. consumers are technically are supposed to pay the taxes on the tax return, but studies show that most don't. so in effect online goods get that 6 to 10% on average discount. >> what about the opponents
how do we do the deficit reconstruction. how do we do the tough stuff. let level the playing field, let's make this responsive to the main stream businesses every day. struggle and simply asking for justice. they're simply asking for equity. i yield the floor. >>> joining us from capitol hill. what is the purpose of this senate internet sales tax bill? >> the legislation state require that online retailers charge sales tax when consumers make a purchase online. that includes...
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together with the deficit reduction enacted last congress, the senate budget would reduce the deficit by $4.3 trillion. through a nearly two to one mix of spending cuts and revenue, two parts spending cuts to one part revenue. house republicans took a very different approach with their budget, making only cuts, drastic cuts to education, to law enforcement, to medical research, even ending medicare as we know it for future retirees. the house budget derives its deficit reduction from cuts that primarily hurt low-income and middle-class americans while refusing to touch a single tax give-away to wealthy and well-connected special interests. senate democrats took a middle course. house republicans produced an extremist tea party wish list. in his own budget plan, president obama included some smart provisions like investments in infrastructure and the buffett rule for tax fairness. and i respect the president's outreach to a compromise with republicans, but i cannot support the cuts to social security benefits in his plan. it is simply wrong to place the burden of deficit reduction on s
together with the deficit reduction enacted last congress, the senate budget would reduce the deficit by $4.3 trillion. through a nearly two to one mix of spending cuts and revenue, two parts spending cuts to one part revenue. house republicans took a very different approach with their budget, making only cuts, drastic cuts to education, to law enforcement, to medical research, even ending medicare as we know it for future retirees. the house budget derives its deficit reduction from cuts that...
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it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1 came, sequestration came, people woke up the next day and said what's the big deal? well, we're finding out what the big deal is all about. we just heard from the budget of the f.a.a., the air traffic controllers, that because of sequestration they have little option, 85% of their proiption praitional budget is in personnel and air traffic controllers are most of the personnel. so therefore they've announced this have to furlough 11 days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and that comes out to about one furlough day over each work period. it's as much as a 10% reduc
it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1...
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to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple of thoughts, i just say to my friend from vermont. those who say it is unconstitutional to do those things, i wonder if they ever read the preamble to the constitution, which is, by the way, a part of the constitution of the united states. we the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare. that's part of the constitution of the united states. so how we do that obviously can vary from time to time, generation
to make as to how we deal with the deficit. i think that when we lose $100 billion every single year because corporations stash their money in the cayman islands and in other tax havens, maybe we might want to ask them to start paying their fair share of taxes rather than cutting social security. but we have colleagues who are much more interested in the well-being and the profits of large corporations than they are in the needs of seniors. so those are some of my answers. mr. harkin: a couple...
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who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan bill in the house with peter king. to put forth a manchin-toomey compromise that failed, so sadly, in the senate last night. we are so disappointed. our sorrow was expressed so appropriately by president obama last night that i invited mike to join us here to tell you where we go from here and to answer the question that people are saying what can we do to change this. mike, would you speak -- thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, leader pelosi. it's a pleasure and honor to join you, to talk about and to answer any questions that you guys may have on gun violence prevention. -manchin amend
who's cating econmic growth with good jobs, balancing, having aal aancedproach to deficit reduction and strengthen the middle class. as i said, last week our focus in the next little while will be on guns and budget, talked about budget. i will be joined by my colleague, congressman mike thompson of california. congressman thompson is a vietnam vet, a wounded vietnam vet. he is a gun owner, hunter. is the head of our task force on gun violence prevention, and he is a co-author of the bipartisan...
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it is deficit-reduction without a tax increase. i think it's the kind of deficit reduction that we can get bipartisan support for in the country. grow up all sorts of other issues. what about public education? public schools don't teach kids how to read english well and don't teach them american history. but that's a problem, then we need education reform. that is being worked on a state- by-state. that's a problem for kids born here as well as everybody else, in terms of the quality of education they're getting. what about the welfare system? 185 means-tested welfare programs. bill clinton worked with republican congress to reform aid to families with dependent children. we can make progress on the others as well, and reforming welfare is important and needs to be done. it saves money and keeps people from getting locked into welfare dependency. but none of those are arguments for getting in the way of immigration reform. then there's the question of entitlements medicare and get benefits because they are born, a question of immig
it is deficit-reduction without a tax increase. i think it's the kind of deficit reduction that we can get bipartisan support for in the country. grow up all sorts of other issues. what about public education? public schools don't teach kids how to read english well and don't teach them american history. but that's a problem, then we need education reform. that is being worked on a state- by-state. that's a problem for kids born here as well as everybody else, in terms of the quality of...
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. >> bob: they all pay their parking tickets then we wouldn't have a big deficit problem. >> eric: $50 billion we have given the u.n. they do fund this human rights council and this guy does get money from that council. >> bob: reports children of the world. >> greg: let's face it, they do fund new york's prostitutes we can't forget that. >> bob: i never saw any hookers at the u.n. >> greg: speak up or stay silent on kermit gosnell born alive at his clinic. kimberly has breaking news on the courtroom action next. ♪ [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance a new ride comes along and changes everything. the 2013 lexus gs. this is the pursuit of perfection. can youtart the day the way you want? can orenci(abatacept) help? could your "i want" become "i can"? talk to your rheumatologist. orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain, morning stiffness and the progression of joint damage. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious infe
. >> bob: they all pay their parking tickets then we wouldn't have a big deficit problem. >> eric: $50 billion we have given the u.n. they do fund this human rights council and this guy does get money from that council. >> bob: reports children of the world. >> greg: let's face it, they do fund new york's prostitutes we can't forget that. >> bob: i never saw any hookers at the u.n. >> greg: speak up or stay silent on kermit gosnell born alive at his clinic....
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set aside for a moment the deficit issue. i said moment, not forever, we know we have to deal with the deficit. but you cannot solve that deficit unless you have americans working. and we can put americans back to work. -- back to work. >> and unleash, i believe, unleash a new economy. i mean, that's -- we're strangling the economy right now. because we're not making the kind of investments. and again, when you look at our competitors, because from northeast ohio, we play a lot of football, there's a scoreboard. there's a scoreboard. mr. ryan: america is not going to win every game but we better be in a position where in the global economic competition that we are competitive and we know what makes us competitive. and i'm not saying it's all about making money, a lot of this stuff that we're talking about is quality of life. we won't get into health care preventive care or anything leek that but we have human beings that are stuck in traffic for two hours in a commute in and out of a city and we're not investing in the high s
set aside for a moment the deficit issue. i said moment, not forever, we know we have to deal with the deficit. but you cannot solve that deficit unless you have americans working. and we can put americans back to work. -- back to work. >> and unleash, i believe, unleash a new economy. i mean, that's -- we're strangling the economy right now. because we're not making the kind of investments. and again, when you look at our competitors, because from northeast ohio, we play a lot of...
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>> there has to be a solution in place to our deficit and our debt. that's why this is an opportunity to get this job done. >> that's a high bar. you're saying the debt ceiling may not be raised if you don't have a solution in may? >> i think it is going to be very hard to get people to agree the debt ceiling unless we address our spending problems and reform our programs. >> all right. john hoeven, republican senator from north dakota, the former governor there. thank you, sir, for sharing your views. >>> remember to watch the networks of nbc universal all week long for our green week coverage from the politics of the environment, to the ways we can all work together to help go green. >>> coming up, authorities foil another terrorist plot, this one targeting passenger trains. >>> plus the road to redemption. congressman todd aiken trying to make a political comeback or just a statement? why he's just one in a long line of long shots trying for a second, or in some cases third act. >>> when was the last time a south carolina democrat won a u.s. house
>> there has to be a solution in place to our deficit and our debt. that's why this is an opportunity to get this job done. >> that's a high bar. you're saying the debt ceiling may not be raised if you don't have a solution in may? >> i think it is going to be very hard to get people to agree the debt ceiling unless we address our spending problems and reform our programs. >> all right. john hoeven, republican senator from north dakota, the former governor there. thank...
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doesn't help us with our trade deficit with china. doesn't help us export more grain to russia. $168 billion we ask american taxpayers to dig into their pocket and pay for the pleasure of paying nair income taxes. more -- their income taxes. more and more americans, mr. speaker, find they can't do their own taxes, that they have to go to a professional tax preparer. i don't mind paying my taxes. i think i'm getting my money's worth. america is a great country. but to help somebody help me pay the taxes makes me angry and it's wrong. it's wrong. you know, i look at what's happened in those former soviet block countries, mr. speaker. you know, those former soviet block countries have all moved to flat taxes? what they found is when they have high tax rates and very difficult to comply with, folks just didn't pay their taxes at all. but when they lowered that rate, made it flat, applied it across a broad base, folks began to voluntarily emit -- remit their taxes. it's not rocket science. it's what we've seen in example after example afte
doesn't help us with our trade deficit with china. doesn't help us export more grain to russia. $168 billion we ask american taxpayers to dig into their pocket and pay for the pleasure of paying nair income taxes. more -- their income taxes. more and more americans, mr. speaker, find they can't do their own taxes, that they have to go to a professional tax preparer. i don't mind paying my taxes. i think i'm getting my money's worth. america is a great country. but to help somebody help me pay...
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i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling with these at the stateoo department. as part of the budget, we will help cut our deficit responsibly while investing in areas that attract economic growth and create jobs for americans and secure our national interest. budget request of represents a six percent reduction from 2012 fudnding levels. we have examined our request with a clear determination to improve efficiency. given limited reforms and reduce costs -- we have implemented reforms and reduce cost. we deliver the maximum bang for the minimal manager of our citizens dollars. about one penny for our national security and global interests out of every dollar. you may give you examples of the kind of work you're doing to make the world safer. with just over $3.5 million, the bureau conflict and stabilization operations made investments leading up to the recent elections in kenya. i know that helped to prevent a repeat of the violence we saw five years ago it also provided accountability to concededodingd odin
i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling with these at the stateoo department. as part of the budget, we will help cut our deficit responsibly while investing in areas that attract economic growth and create jobs for americans and secure our national interest. budget request of represents a six percent reduction from 2012 fudnding levels. we have examined our request with a clear determination to improve efficiency. given limited reforms and reduce costs -- we have...
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-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive order and address the cyberthreat is one of our highest priorities. i also welcome the administration's continued commitment to securing our nation's borders by maintaining staffing for the border patrol its ath its current historic levels and adding more than 3,400 protection officers to staff our ports of entry. these critical resources are paid for in part with modest fee increases. during my recent trips to our borders in arizona, where secretary napolitano, senator mccaul nd congresswoman joined me, i've been and
-- rein in our deficit. our secretary seems to have taken this message to heart. identifying some $1.3 billion in cost savings this year and more than $4 billion since 2009 and continues to move to a risk-based approach, an effort to save more money. but to do so in a smart way. i'm happy to see in this budget proposes a much-needed increase for cybersecurity which will help the department fulfill its significant cyberresponsibilities. passing legislation to compliment the president's executive...
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care to the sick and reduce the deficit at the same time. in the end, it's not about the money. it's about america's patients. the president should be embarrassed. his political bait and switch is not working. instead of putting the care of the sick first, you tell them, sorry, sister, we're closed. come back in 10 months. 10 months. a week, a day, maybe the amount of time some of these patients have to get treatment or else face the consequences of the progression of their illness. american doctors and hospitals will be there. they'll always be there. but why deny them the means to get their services paid for with insurance coverage? mr. president, your health bill fails this country and most importantly you have failed the thousands of sick americans who can't get health coverage because you think implementing the health care law is more important than taking care of the people that you promised, you promised to take care of. so today we can end the use of the slush fund, use it to actually help people. a vote for this bill is a vote to he
care to the sick and reduce the deficit at the same time. in the end, it's not about the money. it's about america's patients. the president should be embarrassed. his political bait and switch is not working. instead of putting the care of the sick first, you tell them, sorry, sister, we're closed. come back in 10 months. 10 months. a week, a day, maybe the amount of time some of these patients have to get treatment or else face the consequences of the progression of their illness. american...
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health care, taxes, deficit. we can talk about his leadership. the president can only run this country when he is dealing with leaders. we know these are not leaders now. they are cowards and selfishness and they have lack of leadership that that put us in this position now where they voted against something that 90% of the country supports, first of all. they voted against something that is right for our country and right for our society. and might make our society just a little bit safer. but they voted no. because they are cowards. and they put themselves in a category that, quite frankly, and i hate to see this, but put the themselves in a category that helps people like this, al qaeda terrorists. take a look. >> in the west, you've got a lot at your disposal. let's take america as an example. america is absolutely a wash with easily obtainable firearms. can you go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and, most likely without having to show an identif
health care, taxes, deficit. we can talk about his leadership. the president can only run this country when he is dealing with leaders. we know these are not leaders now. they are cowards and selfishness and they have lack of leadership that that put us in this position now where they voted against something that 90% of the country supports, first of all. they voted against something that is right for our country and right for our society. and might make our society just a little bit safer. but...